Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 
Date when the measure came into force
01 December 1972 
Publication where the measure is specified
The Law of Zambia; Republic of Zambia 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Food and Drugs Act 
Country/Region applying the measure
Zambia 
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health 
Description of the measure
259.Pickles or relishes shall be the product prepared from vegetables or fruit with salt and vinegar, and may contain spices, seasonings, sugar, invert sugar, dextrose or glucose, in a dry or liquid form, a food colour (see Part III of the Nineteenth Schedule), a Class II Preservative see Part XIB of the Nineteenth Schedule), a firming agent (see Part VI of the Nineteenth Schedule), polyoxythylene (20) sorbitan monooleate in an amount not exceeding 0.05 per centum, lacticacid, vegetable oils, and in the case of relishes and mustard pickles, an approved thickening agent (see Part IV of the Nineteenth Schedule). 
Reference of the measure
Part II para 259 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. Yes Pickles or relishes    
2002 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. Yes Pickles or relishes    
2003 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. Yes Pickles or relishes    
2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06. Yes Pickles or relishes    
2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06. Yes Pickles or relishes    
2006.00.00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised). Yes Pickles or relishes    
2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included. Yes Pickles or relishes    
Description
Pickles or relishes 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description
All countries